---
title: Associate cost centers to a budget
description: You create cost centers and associate budgets and expense allocations with them.
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release: australia
product: Cost Management
classification: cost-management
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [Budgets and cost centers, Cost Management, Strategic Portfolio Management]
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# Associate cost centers to a budget

You create cost centers and associate budgets and expense allocations with them.

## Before you begin

Role required: financial\_mgmt\_admin

## Procedure

1.  Open an existing budget from the **Cost** > **Config** > **Budgets** module.

2.  Make sure the Cost Centers related list is displayed.

3.  Use the Edit to add or remove existing cost centers from the budget.

4.  Use the New button to create a new cost center record.


**Parent Topic:**[Budgets and cost centers](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/cost-management/c_BudgetsAndCostCenters.md)